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I think what I am is a convener I like to convene people around ideas.
Anna Deavere Smith
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Anna Deavere Smith
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: September 18
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I love studying how people are. Not just what they're saying, but how they are, what they're doing.
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Racism has been for everyone like a horrible, tragic car crash, and we've all been heavily sedated from it. If we don't come into consciousness of this tragedy, there's going to be a violent awakening we don't want. The question is, can we wake up?
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In my profession, I'm around a lot of people whose bodies are their instruments in one way or another.
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Your desire to communicate must be bigger than your relationship with the chaotic and unfair realities.
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I think as a kid I always liked to listen to people. I loved hearing stories.
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Self-esteem does not come from surrounding yourself with people and things that seem to increase your value. Real self-esteem is an integration of an inner-value with things in the world around you.
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